Some of you may be aware that alibaba.com is getting ready to go public. They're an outlet that puts comoanies (mostly in China) in touch with wholesale buyers. I did a search for tiki mugs and was a bit disturbed by what I found. Anyone who knows what Tiki Shark is fighting with CafePress will understand the struggle these creators face:

There's a big difference between an individual selling a single copy on eBay and a wholesaler selling hundreds of them at a time for under a dollar each FOB. If the market gets flooded with knockoffs, there's no longer a market for the real thing. Why would anyone pay for one of Tiki Atari's mugs when they can buy it elsewhere for half the price? That's why no one complains when Gecko sells his "tribute" Frankoma War God mugs.

Sorry, didn't mean to give the impression I was against what they were doing. I put the term "tribute" in quotes because a tribute is generally something similar to, but not a replica of. It wasn't a knock against them. They clearly mark the mugs as being by Gecko/Cevola, so it's not like anyone should be fooled. My point was that what they're doing won't affect the price of genuine War Gods, and certainly isn't hurting the artist—unlike the Chinese wholesalers.